About Flame Homeware
Launched in 2002, Flame Homeware is now one of the UK's fastest growing giftware importers. Our buying team visit the Far East every 6 months in search of new and exciting products as well as meeting with our manufacturers to discuss our new in-house designs.
Buying from Flame is a bit different:
- Agents - We have no agents so this saves you their 15% commission.
- Costs - We have one of the lowest overheads in the industry and we pass these savings onto you.
- Exclusivity - Our aim is to have one authorised stockist per town, which means we don't supply wholesalers or other middle men.
- Ethical - The majority of our ranges are now from ethically audited factories.
- Environmental - We continue to keep the packaging to a minimum on all our products.
- Accounts - Our credit control is firm and fair so we have little bad debt which helps keep your prices low.
- Delivery - Outside of show times we usually ship within 72 hours of receiving your order.
- Booking-in - We book in all deliveries prior to shipment.
- Service - We are a family run business and we try very hard to give honest, friendly and prompt service.
- Independents - We are proud to supply independents. Last year we refused to supply the 3 largest supermarket chains. The largest garden centre chain and the largest card chain in the UK.
The Team
Name: Michael Boote
Started: From Day 1
Job Role: MD
Likes: Skiing, football, my dog Bali.
Dislikes: Rudeness, poor customer service, merchant bankers.
Perfect day: Sunny, Fresh Snow, on a pair of skis and mountain restaurant coming into view!
Name: Tony Boote
Started: From Day 1
Job Role: Accountant
Likes: Travel, football and other sports.
Dislikes: Basic skiing and rollerblades.
Perfect day: Wake up and realise am still alive, having a 3 week holiday in Bali. Upon return head to the cup final to see Liverpool v Man Utd. Realise I have to work for only 4 more months then off on holiday again.
Name: Dawn Bradley
Started: From Day 1
Job Role: Assistant Buyer
Likes: Travelling, parties, being a mum, chocolate, films, wine.
Dislikes: Robson Green, Americanisms, dieting.
Perfect day: Waking up and wandering out on a sunny beach, going for a long walk with my little girl & fiancee . Getting back for a big slap up (vegetarian) meal, having a few drinks, watching a film, having a dance and going to bed in the open air.
Name: Brian Thomason
Started: From Day 1
Job Role: Distribution Manager
Likes: Motorbiking, walking, dining out, holidays.
Dislikes: Negativity, british weather.
Perfect day: Waking up next to my wife on race day at the British Moto GP. Walking down to the circuit, spend over 5 hours watching the best riders in the world racing. Then finish off by riding my bike back home.
Name: Debra Boote
Started: 2004
Job Role: Sales Manager
Likes: My dog Bali, walking on the beach/in the woods with Bali, skiing (not with Bali).
Dislikes: Cold, windy days, ice cream, arrogance.
Perfect day: A day's skiing in the sunny Swiss Alps with apres ski involving mugs of hot wine and chocolate. Followed by a slap up dinner with friends and a board game with lots of laughter and a good bottle of red! (Mentioned wine a lot here didn't i?!)
Name: Paul Alley
Started: 2006
Job Role: Warehouseman / Trade Show Co-ordinator
Likes: Darts, football, beer.
Dislikes: Arrogant people.
Perfect day: Having a day off work, winning the World Darts Championships at The Lakeside. Then fly to Australia for a few months to celebrate my victory with friends.
Name: Bill Allsop
Started: 2007
Job Role: Flame Dispatch
Likes: Football, snowboarding, pasta, music, films.
Dislikes: Liverpool, cats, clowns.
Perfect day: Going to watch Man Utd v Liverpool in the European Cup final at the San Siro. Utd winning the match then heading to the airport to fly to Ibiza to party with friends and have it large.
Name: Tony Morgan
Started: 2007
Job Role: FLT Driver
Likes: Horse racing.
Dislikes: Football.
Perfect day: Winning the lottery and buying a yacht to sail around the world.
Name: Katie Trevorrow
Started: 2007
Job Role: Sales
Likes: Shopping, partying, singing and going to gigs. Also love BBQ's & beer especially when the summer is here!!!
Dislikes: Arrogant people, heavy metal music & cold blustery days!!
Perfect day: To jet off on a private jet with my mum and sister and all my friends to Milan for an all expenses paid shopping spree, after go for a lovely spa and treatment, After we are all relaxed and looking fab in our new clothes, with our hair and make-up done go to a top hotel where we will be whisked off our feet and be wined and dined for the evening.
Name: Rosina Weigh
Started: 2007
Job Role: Warehouse Operative
Likes: Visiting family and friends, going away in my caravan, holidays.
Dislikes: Whisky.
Perfect day: Wake up and a cup of tea waiting for me. Then go shopping with the girls and go to be pampered. Then go out for a meal and out partying with my family and friends in a posh venue and all stay overnight.
Name: Roxanne Griggs
Started: 2008
Job Role: Sales
Likes: Walking my dog Tia, rsotto, going to gigs, cooking, clear blue sky, snow, I love it when the two are together (blue sky and snow) and cake.
Dislikes: Rain, clowns.
Perfect day: Being with my friends and family on a hot beach in Thailand, white sand, blue sea, sunbathing and swimming in the sea then when the evening sets in, sit by a fire and just listen to the waves breaking and watch the stars with some nibbles and drinks of course!
Name: Pete Chamberlain
Started: 2009
Job Role: Despatch Operative
Likes: Bangor racing, off-roading on my quad.
Dislikes: The Taxman!
Perfect day: Winning the lottery and retiring.
Name: Angela Rioboo
Started: 2009
Job Role: Designer
Likes: Hot sunshine and summer days, Jimmy Choo's, Manchester City, country walks with a good pub at the end.
Dislikes: Being cold.
Perfect day: Flying out to Barcelona and staying at the Hotel Arts, sipping cava by the pool, going shopping at Jimmy Choo and buying as many pairs of shoes as I could carry! Rounding the day off with a fabulous spanish meal with fresh seafood and a walk on the beach.
Name: Jackie Ryall
Started: 2009
Job Role: Credit Control
Likes: Salsa dancing, the elderly, dining alfresco.
Dislikes: People that moan, spiders.
Perfect day: Coming into work and all my customers paying their accounts on time - going home to dinner on the table and a bottle of wine.
Name: Karl Hewitt
Started: 2010
Job Role: Despatch Operative
Likes: Spending the day with my daughter, drawing and painting, watching football.
Dislikes: Cricket, daytime TV, Man Utd losing.
Perfect day: Going to live in Canada with my family.
Name: Mike Lees
Started: 2010
Job Role: Despatch Operative
Likes: Whisky.
Dislikes: Getting up early.
Perfect day: Chilling out, spending time with my friends.
Name: Joanne McAlea
Started: 2010
Job Role: Customer Care
Likes: My kids Thomas and Ffion, Billy the kitten, and Danny my hubby (despite what I say about him) – and Christmas!
Dislikes: Taking the Christmas decs down.
Perfect day: Christmas Day (if someone else is doing the cooking!).
Name: Nicki Ryder
Started: 2010
Job Role: Despatch
Likes: My new car, going to the gym, going out at weekends, having a good old dance and a few drinks, spending time with friends and family, shopping.
Dislikes: Rude people with no manners.
Perfect day: Spending a day with my friends and family, going on a massive shopping spree – with an unlimited budget! Then catching a flight to an exotic beach to chill out with lots of cocktails!
Name: Sue Doyle
Started: 2011
Job Role: Customer Care/Credit Control
Likes: My grown up children, Progressive Rock music, music festivals, my cat Louie, holidays in Greece, F1, Rugby Union, Meditterranean food and wine.
Dislikes: Bad manners, poor grammar, reality TV shows and football.
Perfect day: My perfect day would be to wake up in my Greek villa, open the blue shutters to a beautiful harbour view and have breakfast on my private, geranium frilled terrace in the warm early morning sunshine. Later on I’d take a stroll to the local bakery with my daugher Sophie and pick up some fresh Baklava and olive bread. In the evening we’d take a table at a taverna overlooking the sea or the harbour and enjoy some freshley caught seafood and a glass of wine. Wouldn’t mind if Russell Crowe joined us for dinner…
